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He May Be Slow

Capo 3rd fret


      G                           C
Oh, I have a little brother named Jim,
            G                          C
Sometimes I get a little worried about him.
Em                           A
Jim's about the nicest kid I know, 
           D - D/C - D/B - D/A
But Jim is slow.
            G                    C
He loves to follow me wherever I go,
                  G                                 C
He thinks there's nothing in the world that I don't know.
           Em                        A
He doesn't smile like the other kids do,
                    D       D/C
But the love shines through, 
                D/B     D/A
The love shines through.


          G                       C
He may be slow, but he's still in motion.
             D                         G
He's got his own road, his own hill to climb.
                           C
All he needs is a little devotion,
          D7                            G
He may be slow, Lord, but he's right on time.

When I take him out to wait for the bus,
Folks who know us have a smile for us.
I zip his jacket and I straighten his hat,
And he likes that.
When they bring him back home around three,
I can tell he's been looking for me.
Then the tumbling and the wrestling begins,
And he usually wins,
He usually wins.

He may be slow, but he's still in motion.
He's got his own road, his own hill to climb.
All he needs is a little devotion,
He may be slow, Lord, but he's right on time.
He may be slow, Lord, but he's right on time.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1980)

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